OM: the defeat against Monaco looks like a real turning point – Around OM
A sad point out of nine possible is the rhythm that this asthmatic OM is inflicting on us at the moment. With the high point a home defeat against Monaco on Sunday (0-1), which reminds us that the chasers in the race for the podium are melting on us like snow in the sun. And again… losing against the Monegasques is not infamous, but to chain like this after having eaten the profit against Clermont and Troyes places us in front of a painful reality. What feared a crisis that we did not imagine only two weeks ago.
“We heard some pretty harsh words against the players and, above all, against Sampaoli. We felt a bill”
However, not everything was negative on Sunday. The evening even started rather well. Already with a Velodrome for great evenings, copiously furnished and ready to ignite at the slightest sign of goodwill. This is what happened with, by the Monegasques’ own admission, a controlled first half from the Olympians. Apart from this worrying offensive sterility, this committed OM even managed to make people forget their two previous copies for 45 minutes. “There was everything to raise the bar, confirms Jémémy Attali on the set of the Talk Show. A stadium at the rendezvous and stands ready to commune with the team. Unfortunately, in the second half, the opposite happened. We heard some pretty harsh words against the players and, above all, against Sampaoli. On a feeling of a bill”.
“I am very pessimistic. I do not see how we can raise the bar with the calendar that awaits us”
A sporting fracture first, since three games were enough to undermine all the work done during the previous six months. An air pocket which, if not prohibitive in accounting terms, completely calls into question the certainties that we could have about this team and, above all, about its future. This is a bit what Maxence Volpe expressed, still on the Talk set: “The problem with this OM is that each match is a turning point. After the poor performances of Clermont and Troyes, we thought that this match against Monaco could reset the counters to zero. But there, I am very pessimistic. I can’t see how we can raise the bar with the calendar that awaits us”. Nice, Paris, Lyon, Rennes, Strasbourg… What to be afraid of if the players of Sampaoli do not find a way out of their torpor. The way also to put out this beginning of fire which could do so much harm. We know so much history here…